Professor Mohamed Sherif received his PhD from the University of Manchester, Manchester Business School, UK. He is the Director of Postgraduate Studies at Edinburgh Business School having previously been a professor of Finance and Investment at Cairo University and held a teaching post at the University of Edinburgh. Sherif was previously the Deputy Head of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, School of Social Sciences, and currently an elected member of Senate and dean’s representative at Heriot-Watt University. He has over twenty-six journal publications in leading Accounting, Finance and Business journals such as British Accounting Review, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, International Review of Financial Analysis, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Manchester School, International Journal of Innovation Management, Applied Economics, and International Journal of Finance & Economics, among several others. He has received many research awards s and several teaching and learning awards (Oscars) at Heriot-Watt University. He is the subject associate editor of JIABR (ABS-ranked journal) and received research grants from ADEK (Award for Research Excellence) and IPACU. He edited and reviewed a number of books and chapters (including bespoke publications) for international leading publishers